Local elections' polling stations were Saturday opened to Palestinian citizens in the West Bank in order to elect 145 local councils. Polls are due to close at 7:00 p.m. Despite the five year gap since the last poll, Saturday's vote is not considered by many Palestinians and analysts to significant since several major Palestinian factions, including Hamas, the Islamic Jihad group, and the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), have refused to participate.

Whilst the message of the meeting was predominantly a repetition of the G20 meeting held in March, reiterating the nations' commitment to free trade, the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin hinted the US no longer intends to contribute to strengthening worldwide trade ties between nations, putting their own economic interest first.

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The Pope was due to celebrate a Mass in Fatima on Saturday in honour of two shepherd children, who one hundred years ago, said the Virgin Mary appeared to them. The 3rd shepherd is still in the process of becoming a saint. Her case couldn't begin until after her death in 2005. Francis' deputy, Cardial Pietro Parolin, said the importance of Fatima lies specifically in the fact that poor, illiterate children - not the wealthy, learned or intellectuals - were able to convey a powerful message ...

But he is set to play for the first time in a top-level senior worldwide event with his twin brother Joel Lundqvist, who is Sweden's captain and plays forward. Veteran goaltender Henrik Lundqvist is joining Sweden at the ice hockey world championships following the New York Rangers' recent elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur Flores told NBC News the report was "entirely false", and "there was absolutely no request" from Comey for more agents or resources for the investigation. Trump again said to Mr. Comey that he needed his loyalty . Instead, Lavrov pointed to Trump's own comments, frequently relayed via Twitter, that the Russian Federation story is "fake news".

The American Health Care Act, which has been touted by President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, now faces a vote from the Senate, where it will likely undergo revisions. It took Republicans nearly two months to cajole their own representatives into voting for the party's plan to gut Obamacare, but getting the bill passed in the Senate could be far more challenging.

BARI, Italy The United States has been told by all the other Group of Seven economies that it must not turn its back on worldwide cooperation on global economic policy, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Saturday. "There won't be a specific session on issues of trade and protectionism but it could come up in the broader discussion on the state of the world economy", said an Italian official involved in preparing the meeting.

The U.S. Treasury Secretary's first G-7 outing came in the wake of an announcement a deal to boost the country's exports of gas and beef to China. He said counterparts understand that "we don't want to be protectionist, but we reserve our right to be protectionist to the extent we believe trade is not free and fair".